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St. Ambrose University

St. Ambrose University Athletics
 518 W. Locust St. Davenport, IA 52803
NAIA Iowa Midwest
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Jon Mannall

Jon Mannall has led the St. Ambrose women's soccer team to seven regular-season conference championships, five conference tournament titles and five NAIA National Tournament appearances since taking over the program in 2003.


In his time with the Bees, Mannall has accumulated a record of 223-130-27. St. Ambrose remains one of the top teams in the conference and prides itself on competing year in and year out against the best opponents in the region.


Mannall, a five-time conference coach of the year (2007, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2015) first took the Bees to the NAIA National Championships in 2008 after winning both the Midwest Collegiate Conference (MCC) regular-season and tournament crowns. The Bees returned to the National Tournament in both 2011 and 2013 after again winning MCC championships.


St. Ambrose joined the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference in 2015 and immediately won the CCAC regular-season title that fall. Mannall's 2015 team made more history by defeating Hastings (Neb.) 3-2 in the NAIA National Championship Opening Round to advance to the second round of the National Tournament for the first time in school history. His 2021 team won the CCAC Tournament to also qualify for the NAIA Championships.


The women’s soccer program has maintained an average GPA in excess of 3.0 and has consistently seen its players earn NAIA Scholar-Athlete recognition.


"Our exceptional academics maintained in the program have been a crucial part of our success. Focused students in the classroom always make for more focused athletes on the field," Mannall said.


From March 2010 through the 2019 season, Mannall added men's coaching duties as he was named the head soccer coach at St. Ambrose.


Mannall hails from London, England and has been involved in soccer in the Quad City area for several years. A 2001 graduate of Marycrest International University, Jon received conference honors in soccer while also playing basketball for the Marauding Eagles.


Mannall spent six years as the head girls soccer coach at Davenport North High School, where he received coach of the year honors in his second year. Mannall was then hired as the assistant women's coach at St. Ambrose in 2002. He took over the head coaching spot a year later.


Mannall has also been involved with Quad City Youth Soccer and at the semi-pro level with the Quad City Eagles competing in the NPSL and WPSL.

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Erin Smothers

Erin Smothers is from Countryside, Ill. She played club soccer at Eclipse Select Soccer Club and attended Lyons Township High School.


Smothers graduated from St. Ambrose in 2022 with a degree in Elementary Education. She joined the coaching staff as a Graduate Assistant while working towards her Masters in Organizational Leadership. Smothers is an SAU soccer alumni and played for Ambrose from 2017 to 2022. In her time at St. Ambrose, Smothers was one of the most decorated players in program history. She was a five year starter and holds the program record for career matched played (91) and career matches started (91). Smothers was a three-time first-team all-conference selection, and was a second-team all-conference selection twice. She is the first player in the program to earn all-conference recognition five times. Smothers also earned several academic awards for her work off the field, including being named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District Team in 2021.


She was team captain from 2019 to 2022. During that time, the team won the CCAC Tournament and advanced to the first round of the NAIA National Tournament.

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